FLINT, MI--“The East," a suspense thriller about a former FBI agent who infiltrates a violent eco-vigilante group, will debut locally with screenings Friday through Sunday, Oct. 11-13, in the Friends of Modern Art film series at the Flint Institute of Arts.

Directed by Zal Batmanglij, "The East" stars Brit Marling as an operative for an elite private investigative service who finds her values -- and her safety -- impaired once she goes undercover with The East, an anarchistic organization known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.

Ellen Page, Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Skarsgard, Jason Ritter, Julia Ormond and Jamey Sheridan co-star in a film praised by the Hollywood Reporter as "consistently tense ... morally alert. ... Batmanglij balances emotional tension with practical danger nicely, a must in a story whose activist protagonists can make no distinction between the personal and the political."

The 116-minute, PG-13-rated film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, and Saturday, Oct. 12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Admission is $5 for FIA members, $6 for non-members and $4 for Friends of Modern Art members, with tickets available at the door. The museum is at 1120 E. Kearsley St.

For details on movies and other FIA events, call 810-234-1695 or visit the FIA website.